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PATENT oFFlCE 1 wILLIs o. HIGBY, 0F WESTLEYDENNEW Yom: y

SIGN

@meededen ledliauarys, 1931, seal No; 507,509.

, andwpertains" particularly to a `sign designed primarily to lbeplaced on roadways at the boundary of? a` city, town, or village,`

ary'lines of cities and towns lie far outside the` built-up sections so that, Au nless some in? ,a dicating means is `provided by the" side of the roadways entering the same, motorists 1G have no means of telling whenthey entrer the limitsofthe city ortown and ittherefore Yfrequently happens that arrests are made for exceeding ithespeed limit of vthetown when themotoristbelieyeshimseif to te Suu apen the .highwavv where highV speeds .are per-- mitted n. y i H i n The primary obj t of theypresent invention is tolprovide a, sign designed particu-` A. larlyfor thepurpose of indicating the bound#` ary line of a city, town,`or village and for ina.

dicating at the same time whetherl the bound# `ary marked is that of a city,town, orvillage i and also whatthe permitted speed limit is,

Another object of the invention isv to provide asignfof the above described character i 'n whichis of simple design, strong and-durable construction, inexpensive Ato manufac" p ture and set tip,` and designed to clearly set i forth important informationlto a passing motorist. v

, The invention will be bestunderstood fromV xa consideration ofthe following detailed de-` scription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part offtliis specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified so :i long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient .features of the invention as expressed inthe appended claimsw` V f In the drawings: a i. Y

Figure lis a view in front elevation of the -V sign structure embodying the present invention, portions thereof being in section.

Figure 2isa vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale,throughthe sign, taken on the :line 2-2 of Figure 1.

y `Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3"3 of Figure 1n.

Referring more partcula"rlypto`` the draw'- ings, wherein like numerals of reference indi# cate correspondingparts throughout` the several views, the numeral 1 indicates the sign generally which, as shown, comprises a pair ofupright posts 2 upon the opposedV faces of which are formed spaced guides which form t,

thegrooves 4, the lower ends of `which are closed, as indicated aty 5. n n

Connecting theposts `is 'a"casing, which is indicatedgenerally by the numeral. ,6, and

which comprises a `downwardly and rear` t wardly` disposed "upper section 7 and an yupwardly and rearwardly `disposed lower portionS, the portions 7 andS being joined at their adjacent edges, as shown in Figure 2."

whilethetopledge of the upper portion and thebottom `edge of the lower portion are arranged between the posts, as shown.

panel, one of which is shown in Figure 2 and which is indicated by the numeral 9, which endpanels closethe sides of the casing, The

Ex! tending rearwardly from eachpost is an end tionsfofthe grooves, as illustrated, so that the i panels are heldin position before the light casing 6l] Thelower panel is stenciled to in-` dicate the name of the town upon whose boundary the line isplacechas" indicated at `13, and to indicate also the speed limit inthetown, as indicated at 14. The top panel 12 is cut out o'r stenciled, asindicated at 15, to form a letter C, V or T according to whether the settlement is a city, town, or" village, the letter C being vshown upon the `structure i1- lustrated. The rear faces `of the panelslfll and 12 aren provided with suitable spaced guides'16 in which maybe placed glass panels. 17 to' "cover theV stenciling in the opaque pani 613113110112; i n i It is preferred that red glass be'placed bei hind the stenciling in the panel 12 andfin the n stenciling in the lower panel 11, which indicates the speed limit of the city named, while the name of the city is covered by a clearl or white glass.v

Within the light casing 6, preferably at the angle formed between the upper and lower sections 7 and 8, there is placed one or more electric light sockets 18 in each of which an incandescentbulb 19 is mounted. The bulb 19 may be of the red colored variety so that all of the lettering will show up'at night clearly in red and in the daytime the red glass behind the stenciling will show red, while the clear glass behind the naine of the-city will appear as if black, due to the dark casing behind it. f

After the panels 11 and 12 have been placed in position there may be disposed over the top thereof a retainingbar such, for example, as that shown and indicated by the numeral 20, which bar may be channel shaped and inverted so'as to form a shield or cover over the joint between the top edge of the top panel and the upper edge of the portion 'Toi' the lightcasing, thus protecting thev interior of the light casing against Vthe entrance 0f snow, rain and dirt.' Each endof the bar 2O may be apertured to allow the upper end of the adjacent post to be extended therethrough in the manner shown in Figure 1 and the upper end of each post may be threaded, as indicated at-Ql, to receive the interiorlyy threaded sleeve of a capping knob 22 which, in addition to serving as a means for giving an ornamental appearance to the top of the sign, acts to-retain the cover bar 2O in place.

It willthus be vseen that the sign structure provided is ofY simple design and so formed that either of the panels may be readily kremoved when necessary to replace any of the glass panels thereon, or to renew j the light bulb in the casing.

It will also be readily appreciated that by the employment of signs of the character herein described, on highways at th-e entrance to a city, town, or village, motorists passingy therealong will be apprised of the character of the settlement which they are entering and of the fact that they are passing the boundary line thereof and also, if they did not previously know the speed limit within the said boundary, this willV be indicated to them.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim is:

1. A sign of the character described, coinprising a pair of spaced upright posts, a panel disposed between said posts and having slidable lconnection at its side edges therewith, said panel having light transmittin-g information imparting areas, means for illuminating one side of said panel whereby said areas will be illuminated and made distinctly visible from the opposite side ofthe panel, a bar member extending across the top edge of said panel and receiving one of said posts in each end, and a member threadably secured upon the upper end of each post and retaining said bar in position.

2. A sign structure of the character described, comprising a pair of supporting posts, panels removably mounted between and supported by the posts, each of said panels being stenciled to. present certain information, light transmitting members covering the stenciling disposed against the rear faces of the panels, and means for illuminating the rear faces of the panels.

3. A sign of the character described, coniprising a pair of spaced upright posts, guide grooves extending longitudinally of each post, a panel disposed between the posts and having the edges adjacent thereto mounted in said guide grooves, said panel being stenciled to present certain information, a light transmitting covering for said stenciling, a casing covering the rear face of the panel andhaving the faces of the walls opposing the panel silvered, means for lighting the interior of the casing, and means for removably securing the panel in position between the posts. l

4. A sign of the character described, comprising a pair of spaced upright posts, guide grooves extending longitudinally of .each post, a panel disposed between the posts and having the edges adjacent thereto mounted in said guide grooves, said panel being stenciled to rpresent certain information, a light transmitting covering for said stenciling, a casingcovering the rear face of the paneland having the faces of the wallsopposing the panel silvered, means for lighting the interior of the casing, means for removably securing the panel in position between the posts, an elongated member covering the upper edge of the panel and having the posts extending therethrough, and removable elements secured to the upper ends of the posts and holding said cover means in place.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. f 1

- WILLIS O. HIGBY. 

